Immigration – Jurisdiction

By: Derek Hawkins//June 10, 2019//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Victor Martin Villa Serrano v. William P. Barr

Case No.: 18-2886

Officials: BAUER, ROVNER, and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Immigration – Jurisdiction

In 2007, Victor Martin Villa Serrano (“Villa”) reentered the United States after having been removed in 2005. When he came to the attention of the government in 2018, a deportation officer for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) determined that Villa had illegally reentered the United States and was subject to reinstatement of the prior removal order. Villa raises a few legal challenges to that conclusion, primarily contending that there is no lawful prior order of removal because the original “Notice to Appear” was legally deficient and the immigration judge therefore lacked jurisdiction to enter the order of removal. Because we lack jurisdiction to review the underlying order of removal, we dismiss the petition for review.

Petition dismissed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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